“I ought to have come and stayed with you more often, but I too had many obligations in London and it was difficult to get away.”
“I am not reproaching you, Aunt Edith. I am only grateful for all you are telling me now.”
“My advice is quite simple, Flavia. Enjoy yourself, but don’t take any man too seriously, not until you know him well. Hesitate a dozen times before you say ‘yes’.”
“I will promise you, Aunt Edith, but you seem sure I will have a great number of proposals. I am not greedy and will be quite content with just one or two!”
“I don’t mind predicting that you will have a great many more. I just want you to be careful of the men who try to sweep you off your feet and up the aisle before you have really considered what sort of life you will lead once the honeymoon is ove
